---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers."
description: "Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 317"
citation: "Texas HB 317 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISCRIMINATION (S0052)", "Insurance--Life", "Health & Accident (I0440)", "ORGAN & TISSUE DONATIONS (S0305)", "TEXAS LIVING ORGAN DONOR ACT (PJ3DD)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckley", "Guillen", "Miles", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848b9000-895d-4ffd-a4d5-42efc809bb68"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 317.xml"
source_hash: "d44d4603e073debce9a0a4691a3831b7f26f1f7107146de32e590df51458b23d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 317 (87) — Relating to prohibiting discrimination against living organ donors by certain insurers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00317I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00317E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00317H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00317S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00317F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Buckley — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-09** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-03-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-03-22** Committee report distributed
- **2021-03-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-10** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-11** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/848b9000-895d-4ffd-a4d5-42efc809bb68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).